Prayer

Prayer's an interesting study. To billions the idea of talking to God seems pointless or even ludicrous. Billions of others consider it perfectly rational for created beings to speak with their Creator. Encouraged and commanded to pray, Christians who do so regularly report a wide variety of experiences. These range from nothing at all to ecstatic utterances and even the miraculous.

While thoughts, feelings and opinions on the subject vary, certain aspects regarding prayer can be discovered fairly simply. Chief among them is the need for it. From the presence of pain and suffering to our ability to hope and dream, humanity's constant desire is to better its condition. Prayer has played an essential role in achieving this goal.


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Why Pray?

It's a good question. What if no one's listening? Is there proof God exists and is approachable as the Bible claims?

If God's omniscience why should we waist our time telling Him what He already knows?

Does prayer work? Are there tangible results that make it worth the effort?

The reasons for prayer are as numerous as its benefits. These include but are not limited to the following:
  • A reasonable response to the realities of human existence
  • A desire to know and please our Creator
  • To organize and express our thoughts and feelings
  • To seek relief from anxiety and fear
  • To obtain Divine help in times of need for ourselves and family
  • To petition and thank God for resources
  • To intercede on the behalf of others friends and neighbors
  • To understand why we are here
  • To comprehend the eternal consequences of life

Who Can Pray?

Thankfully anyone who wants to can pray. Yet, while not RC (religiously correct) to say so, the Bible sets conditions on who can pray so God will hear. Click here to view R. A. Torrey's excellent compilation of scriptures of the subject.

God Blog has introduced Quantum Christianity to help identify and understand the most important of these conditions. Using good Biblical rules of interpretation, including the Rule of Emphasis, we hope our Quantum Prayer Series may be of value.


Thoughts and Scriptures on Prayer

We hope our 1,500 observations and proverbs on 20 different topics will provide food for thought on why's and how's of prayer. To sample a few click here. To view this and other topics place your cursor on Observations in the Sidebar Menu located at the top left of the site.


How to Pray

For those interested in engaging in series prayer there are several ways to do so. We've identified several methods or modes of prayer. These include:

  • The Prayer of Silence: Designed to clear the mind and acclimatize our souls to the importance and practice of serious prayer.
  • The Prayer of Repentance: Clearly a key part of approaching God at a time when the quantity and quality of personal and corporate sin is at an all time high.
  • Conversational Prayer: The most common for of prayer taken to a whole new level.
  • Contemplative Thanksgiving: Taking the time to thoughtfully give thanks and stop and smell the roses along the way.
  • Prayer of Petition: A new look at a old favorite. How and why to ask and keep asking as well as how develop an extensive prayer list.
  • Prayer of Complaint: Humbly yet boldly approaching God when life and/or answers to prayer leave much to be desired. Desperation enough to ask, seek and knock until insight is given.
  • Prayer of Stillness: What to do when every mode has failed to bring the answers we desperately need.

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Seven Prayer Modes


More Resources

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